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41 reviews
Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I loved the element of fantasy wound with the tragedy. I cried. So beautiful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content and Blood
The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Premise of the book was interesting but reading it was weird. I hated how the POV kept changing and switching from last to present making the book feel less cohesive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Blood
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Deeply explored trauma (personal and intergenerational) and grief and wove it deep into the book making it relatable and making this fantasy rooted in realness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death of parent
Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Car accident
Minor: Rape
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A great, emotional book. Deeply examines the tensions between Northern and Southern Vietnam.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape and Abortion
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, and Police brutality
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I hated the narrator. Also the plot was okay so stretching the book to be 600+ pages felt like overkill to me. Like at every stage when I thought it would end it just kept going.
Inconvenient Daughter by Lauren J. Sharkey
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
As a transracial adoptee, so much of this book resonates with me. It's also incredible for a book to be out there about TRAs and it makes me feel seen and my life validated in ways non-adoptees will never understand.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse